f18561	India v Commonwealth XI
	Commonwealth XI in India, Pakistan and Ceylon 1949/50
Venue	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay on 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th December 1949 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Commonwealth XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	ND Karmarkar, JR Patel
Close of play day 1	Commonwealth XI (1) 245/7 (Pettiford 8*, Freer 1*)
Close of play day 2	India (1) 58/1 (Merchant 23*, Modi 34*)
Close of play day 3	India (1) 289 all out
Close of play day 4	India (2) 255/4 (Adhikari 30*, Umrigar 10*)

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Commonwealth XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
N Oldfield	b Phadkar	110		246	13	-
W Place	lbw b Modi	9
JKC Holt	b Modi	0
FMM Worrell	st Mantri b Umrigar	78		191	9	-
WE Alley	c Merchant b Phadkar	11
J Pettiford	c Mantri b Mankad	72			5	-
*+L Livingston	c Phadkar b Modi	5
R Smith	c Modi b Phadkar	12
FAW Freer	c and b Hazare	132			13	-
GE Tribe	lbw b Hazare	5
HF Lambert	not out	3
Extras		11
Total	(all out, 147.2 overs)	448
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-18, 3-206, 4-211, 5-224, 6-229, 7-242, 8-408, 9-441, 10-448 (147.2 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phadkar	39	7	105	3	-	-
Rangachari	11	0	47	0	-	-
Modi	18	3	50	3	-	-
Hazare	19.2	2	51	2	-	-
Mankad	29	9	61	1	-	-
Nayudu	22	0	95	0	-	-
Umrigar	5	1	12	1	-	-
Adhikari	4	1	16	0	-	-

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*VM Merchant	b Freer	78			9	-
+MK Mantri	b Lambert	0
RS Modi	c Lambert b Pettiford	58			5	-
VS Hazare	b Lambert	39
DG Phadkar	not out	78			7	-
HR Adhikari	lbw b Lambert	0
PR Umrigar	b Lambert	13
MH Mankad	b Freer	2
BB Nimbalkar	b Freer	3
CS Nayudu	c Smith b Freer	7
CR Rangachari	run out	2
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 104 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-130, 3-160, 4-211, 5-211, 6-243, 7-248, 8-268, 9-282, 10-289 (104 ov)

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	24	2	76	4	-	-
Smith	8	2	29	0	-	-
Freer	31	2	89	4	-	-
Worrell	4	1	5	0	-	-
Tribe	28	8	57	0	-	-
Pettiford	9	1	24	1	-	-

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India second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*VM Merchant	lbw b Worrell	94			9	-
+MK Mantri	c Livingston b Freer	1
VS Hazare	c Alley b Tribe	64			9	-
RS Modi	b Smith	51
HR Adhikari	c and b Lambert	93		181	8	-
PR Umrigar	c and b Tribe	67			6	-
DG Phadkar	c Lambert b Tribe	25
MH Mankad	lbw b Tribe	15
BB Nimbalkar	not out	12
CS Nayudu	did not bat
CR Rangachari	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 151.4 overs)	430
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-83, 3-174, 4-239, 5-348, 6-399, 7-403, 8-430 (151.4 ov)

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	22	3	66	1	-	-
Smith	17	2	32	1	-	-
Freer	22	2	53	1	-	-
Worrell	21	7	34	1	-	-
Tribe	44.4	7	156	4	-	-
Pettiford	25	5	81	0	-	-

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Commonwealth XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
N Oldfield	c Mantri b Phadkar	9
W Place	b Nayudu	28
FMM Worrell	c Mankad b Umrigar	12
WE Alley	not out	51
J Pettiford	not out	8
JKC Holt	did not bat
*+L Livingston	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
FAW Freer	did not bat
GE Tribe	did not bat
HF Lambert	did not bat
Extras		2
Total	(3 wickets, 32 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-46, 3-65

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phadkar	7	1	20	1	-	-
Rangachari	9	0	35	0	-	-
Modi	4	0	12	0	-	-
Hazare	3	0	8	0	-	-
Nayudu	7	0	27	1	-	-
Umrigar	2	1	6	1	-	-

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Notes
--> FAW Freer (1) passed his previous highest score of 100 in First-Class matches
--> DG Phadkar (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> VM Merchant (2) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> HR Adhikari (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 56
--> BB Nimbalkar made his debut for India in First-Class matches
--> MH Mankad reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Commonwealth XI first innings
--> HF Lambert reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the India first innings

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